Alcona Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alcona Township, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the east side to 1,000 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,000 ft 305 m890 ft 270 m840 ft 255 m740 ft 225 m630 ft 195 m580 ft 175 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Alcona Township sits at about 770 ft (235 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
770 ft 235 m
most residents: 590–870 ft
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the east side
Highest
1,000 ft 305 m
on the southeast side
Average
750 ft 230 m
all land inside township boundaries

Alcona Township spans about 420 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
770 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,000 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
580 ft175 m
Average of all land750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, west to east

17 mi west to east through the middle of Alcona Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alcona Township, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the east side to 1,000 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Alcona County, Michigan, United States
Population
1,004 2024 est.
Land area
57.5 sq mi + 8.9 sq mi water
Density
17 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.7985° N, 83.4211° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Niagara River
ZIP codes 4
48721 48742 48762 49747
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lost Lake Woods820 ft
  2. Lincoln790 ft
  3. Haynes Township790 ft
  4. Hawes Township790 ft
  5. Alcona Township770 ft
  6. Caledonia Township, Alcona County740 ft
  7. Hubbard Lake720 ft
  8. Harrisville Township690 ft
  9. Sanborn Township660 ft
  10. Harrisville630 ft
  11. Ossineke610 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Kelly Hills1,150 ft
  • Chin Whisker Hill1,090 ft
  • Mount Maria1,080 ft
  • Hickey Hill1,000 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.